| Krasna Hora | |||||
| Native Name: | Красна Гора | ||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement | ||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 1.64 | ||||
| Population Total: | 584 | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | ||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Krasna Hora within Donetsk Oblast#Location of Krasna Hora within Ukraine | ||||
| Coordinates: | 48.6644°N 38.0183°W | ||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||
| Postal Code: | 84536 | ||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||
| Area Code: | +380 6274 | ||||
| Elevation M: | 113 | ||||
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Ukraine | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Bakhmut Raion | ||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Bakhmut urban hromada | ||||
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Krasna Hora (; Russian: Красная Гора|Krasnaya Gora) is an rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The name is derived from the local red clay deposit, which is used for production of bricks. Administratively, it is part of Bakhmut urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: Since 2023, it has been under Russian occupation.
Krasna Hora has its origins in a ceramics factory named "Krasna Hora" that was built in 1906. Initially, only seasonal employees worked in the plant, but by the 1930s, barracks were built for permanent workers to live. These workers were migrants from Kharkiv Oblast to the north. During World War II, the Krasna Hora factory was occupied by Nazi Germany between October 1941 and September 1943. The brick factory was completely destroyed during the occupation. It was eventually restored in 1944. Actual houses began to be built in the area in 1949, and it received official rural settlement status in 1964 under the name Krasna Hora.[3]
On 30 October 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine placed Krasna Hora on a list of settlements within the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone, a term used to identify Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian forces and their proxies during the war in Donbas.[4]
During the eastern Ukraine campaign of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krasna Hora was attacked by Russian forces anew. In summer 2022, electricity and water services were completely knocked out. There were still many elderly people living in the village then.[5] Krasna Hora came under direct assault amid the battles for Soledar and Bakhmut. Geolocated footage from 11 February 2023 showed Russian troops walking around freely in parts of the town, indicating that Ukrainian troops likely withdrew from the settlement.[6] [7]
There is a kindergarten in the town.[3]